How Do Tides Work?

Check this video out and then challenge yourself to make a better video! You may want to also check out this Tide Model Be sure to check out the challenges below!

Elementary School Challenge: Demo of the Rise and Fall of Tides

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Middle School Challenge: Understanding Sea Level Using Real Data

Go to tide data at

http://www.dataintheclassroom.org/content/sea-level/get-tide-data.html and click on Philadelphia. When are the predicted low and high tides for today?

Middle School/Upper Elementary Teachers:

There is a downloadable curriculum that contains five activities designed for grades 6-8 that incorporate real data from NOAA.

Additional Middle School Challenge: Graph Tidal Data

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High School Challenge: Exploring Real Data

Go to the NOAA Tide and Current Website. Enter the school district's zip code (19403) to get information on nearest NOS station.

Where is the station located and what types of data does it collect?

Why is being able to predict tidal data useful? How does this week’s tidal height compare to the week Hurricane Sandy was here?

Additional Resources:

Tide simulator for high school students

http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/tides/menu_tide.swf